Talented and experienced sales professional who effectively multi-tasks and balances customer needs with company demands. Efficiently builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers, while consistently reaching sales targets. Energetic Sales Representative offering demonstrated success identifying prospects and converting leads into customers. Superior communication skills, understanding of client needs and sales closing rates. Recognized for creativity and resourcefulness in meeting and exceeding sales, revenue, and profit goals. Enthusiastic Sales and Customer Service professional with expertise in communication and negotiating. Driven to provide superior quality customer service. Innovative in leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services as well as creating solutions for customers to drive loyalty, retention and revenue. Highly adept at training, managing, coaching and mentoring sales and customer service associates with talent for interacting with staff at all levels of organization and public.
Managed over 100 accounts and performed full sales cycle duties, increasing annual sales by 60%. Answered customers' questions regarding products, prices and availability. Emphasized product features based on analysis of customers' needs. Created strategies to develop and expand existing customer sales.
Exceeded targeted sales goals by as much as 50%. Collaborated with colleagues to exchange selling strategies and marketing information. Planned and organized routes within territory to maximize efficiency and time in the field. Responded to all customer inquiries in a timely manner.
• Managed social media accounts and campaigns with brand ambassadors.
• Researched and developed creative content for their website to promote the brand in the market.
• Helped generate and compile new leads for potential client growth.
Conducted daily pre-shift and weekly departmental meetings to ensure organizational efficiency. Developed and maintained exceptional customer service standards. Optimized profits by controlling food, beverage and labor costs on a daily basis. Performed checkouts of servers and bartenders to ensure that all tickets were accounted for. Scheduled and directed staff in daily work assignments to maximize productivity.
• Processed payments and updated accounts to reflect balance charges.
• Maintained daily calendars, set appointments with clients and planned daily office events.
• Scheduled and confirmed appointments.
Handled high volume, high profile accounts in assigned territory. Experience selling in both on and off premise accounts. Successfully expanded account base from 60 to more than 100 accounts. Helped grow a start-up spirits company in the Houston area from 3 accounts to more than 500 on- premise accounts.